IT Consultant III- Sr. Finance Consultant/Architect -SAP FICO

Job Title: Sr. Finance Consultant/Architect

Key Responsibilities:

* Expertise in architecting and driving custom reports like Financial Statements, Cash Flow and profit and loss reports.

* Designing, implementing, and supporting complex business processes in an SAP environment

* Designing, building, testing, and deploying SAP FICO technical solutions, emphasizing RICEFs (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Extensions, Forms) design

* Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.

* Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.

* Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients, and stakeholders to build trust.

* Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realizes they are required.

* Coordinating and liaison with the other cross functional Workstreams, Strategic Integration Vendors, SME's, Communities of Practice's, IT Solution Architects/COE and Stakeholders across the network to develop a strong and deep pool of expertise across Finance processes and Applications.

* Liaise with the SMEs to develop training plans for each of the key Applications to enhance the knowledge base across the Finance Domain

* Identify System enhancements, including reports, setting system targets, preparing estimates and understanding actuals through critical analytics.

* Support cross functional teams across organizational entities to drive business systems through improvement and sustainable changes.

* Analyze, design, and implement S/4 Hana system improvements through interaction with internal users and customers to understand and document system requirements to produce business requirements documents (BRDs)

* Identify and support end user system access and/or transactional issues and interface with additional internal/external resources as required.

* Teams with internal auditors during deployment of system audits

Minimum Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, or a related field

* 15 years of experience in financial roles

* Strong understanding of Finance operations

* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

* Detail-oriented with a high degree of accuracy

* Ability to work collaboratively in a team and across departments.

* Experience in process automation and cost-saving initiatives is a plus.

Desired Qualifications and Experience:

* Exceptional ability to comprehend and translate complex functional requirements. Proven experience in leading complex projects.

* Outstanding communication and collaboration skills for effective leadership in cross-functional teams.

* Proven experience with Agile methodologies and practices.

* Willingness and ability to travel as needed to support projects and solution requirements.

* SAP certification(s) in SAP S/4 Hana Finance is highly advantageous.